PLAYED AT: Save-On-Foods Memorial CentreDate: Dec 21, 2018GAME NOTES: EARLY OUTBURST SENDS CANADA TO PRE-WJC WIN
JASON LA ROSE
VICTORIA, B.C. – Cody Glass (Winnipeg, Man./Portland, WHL) had a goal and two assists for the second game in a row, and Canada’s National Junior Team rode a big first period to a 6-1 win over Slovakia on Friday night ahead of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship.
The Canadians scored four times in nine minutes and 43 seconds to take control early and close out a perfect Victoria portion of their pre-tournament schedule; they downed Switzerland 5-3 on Wednesday.
Maxime Comtois (Longueuil, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL), who had a pair of goals in the win over the Swiss, got the offence going against Slovakia, taking a feed from Glass and snapping a quick shot over the glove of Slovak goaltender Samuel Hlavaj just 6:55 in.
Jack Studnicka (Tecumseh, Ont./Oshawa, OHL) banged in a power-play goal for the second time in as many games to make it 2-0, and Nick Suzuki (London, Ont./Owen Sound, OHL) was the benefactor of hard work down low by Jaret Anderson-Dolan (Calgary, Alta./Spokane, WHL) on the 3-0 goal.
Shane Bowers (Herring Cove, N.S./Boston University, HE) batted a Joe Veleno (Kirkland, Que./Drummondville, QMJHL) rebound out of midair and past Hlavaj to send Canada to the intermission up four.
Glass had the lone goal of the second period, taking a pretty pass from Evan Bouchard (Oakville, Ont./London, OHL) and beating a diving Hlavaj for a power-play marker.
Ty Smith (Lloydminster, Alta./Spokane, WHL) added the final Canadian goal early in the third period; his seeing-eye shot from the point made its way through traffic for a 6-0 lead.
Patrik Hrehorcak spoiled the shutout for Ian Scott (Calgary, Alta./Prince Albert, WHL) with less than five minutes to go, racing in off the right wing and going over the short-side shoulder of the Canadian netminder.
Canada finished with a 45-23 advantage in shots on goal.
It finishes pre-tournament action Sunday against Finland in Vancouver (10 p.m. ET/7 p.m. PT) before opening the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship on Boxing Day when it takes on Denmark (8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT).

Visiting Team: Slovakia

Home Team: Canada

SLOVAKIA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

Kostelny, Jakub

G

2

Hlavaj, Samuel

4

Boldinar, David

5

Kupec, Martin

7

Korencik, Marek

8

Dlugos, Marcel

9

Golian, Andrej

10

Svec, Enrik

12

Cajkovic, Maxim

13

Krivosik, Filip

14

Demo, Daniel

15

Regenda, Pavol

16

Giertl, Oliver

17

Kelemen, Milos

18

Hrehorcak, Patrik

19

Fafrak, Milos

20

Okuliar, Oliver

21

Ruzicka, Adam

22

Ziak, Adam

24

Balaz, Jozef

27

Kollar, Andrej

28

Kukuca, Andrej

SLOVAKIA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

10

2:00

Roughing

7:43

1

7:43

8:13

1st

13

2:00

Interference

17:03

1

17:03

19:03

2nd

20

2:00

Tripping

6:32

1

6:32

6:58

2nd

9

2:00

Hooking

7:20

1

7:20

9:20

3rd

15

2:00

Slashing

9:16

1

9:16

6:16

CANADA LINEUP

Pos

No.

Name

G

1

DiPietro, Michael

G

31

Scott, Ian

2

Bouchard, Evan

3

Brook, Josh

4

McIsaac, Jared

5

Mitchell, Ian

6

Dobson, Noah

8

Glass, Cody

9

Veleno, Joe

11

Anderson-Dolan, Jaret

14

Comtois, Maxime

15

Bowers, Shane

16

Entwistle, MacKenzie

17

Suzuki, Nick

18

Phillips, Markus

21

Tippett, Owen

22

Lafreniere, Alexis

23

Studnicka, Jack

24

Smith, Ty

26

Frost, Morgan

27

Hayton, Barrett

CANADA PENALTIES

Per.

No.

Min

Offence

Off

PP

PS

Start

On

1st

15

2:00

Tripping

19:58

1

19:58

1:58

2nd

9

2:00

Interference

10:09

1

10:09

12:09

SLOVAKIA Goals

SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (plus)

CANADA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

3rd

15:00

18-7

CANADA Goals

CANADA PLAYERS (plus)

SLOVAKIA PLAYERS (minus)

Per.

Time

G-As1-As2

1st

6:54

14-8

1st

8:13

PP

23-27-8

1st

13:53

17-11-22

1st

16:37

15-9-16

2nd

6:58

PP

8-2-23

3rd

4:36

24-22

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES

SLOVAKIA

0 / 2

CANADA

2 / 5

PENALTY SUMMARY

SLOVAKIA

10 min / 5 inf

CANADA

4 min / 2 inf

POINT SUMMARY

SLOVAKIA

1 G + 1 A = 2 Pts

CANADA

6 G + 10 A = 16 Pts

SCORING

1

2

3

Total

SLOVAKIA

0

0

1

1

CANADA

4

1

1

6

GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time)

1

2

3

Tot.

On

Off

SVK - Hlavaj (60:00) (L)

15

11

13

39

/0:00

3rd/20:00

CAN - Scott (60:00) (W)

7

11

4

22

/0:00

3rd/20:00

Stars of the Game

TIME OF GAME:

-

Start:

-

End:

-

Attendance:

OFFICIALS

Referee:

Referee:

Linesman:

Linesman:

CERTIFIED CORRECT

This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Junior Championship - Pre-tournament Game Report.